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Title: Reverse lat Pulldown
Post by: Cavalier22 on November 29, 2005, 01:54:27 PM
I tried these last back workout to change things up...and man they really work my lats hard it felt like.  really got me sore the next day.  i didnt realize how good these were.  for the next month im gonna do less pullups and some more of these
Title: Re: Reverse lat Pulldown
Post by: Overload on November 29, 2005, 01:58:17 PM
are you just facing the opposite direction? facing away from the stack?

never tried that.

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Title: Re: Reverse lat Pulldown
Post by: g0ddang on November 29, 2005, 02:09:58 PM
reverse lat pulls as in not having your knees under the pads?.. i always do my lat pulls this way, unless i'm going heavy
Title: Re: Reverse lat Pulldown
Post by: LatsMcGee on November 29, 2005, 02:36:58 PM
Ever tried doing close grip pulldowns with the vbar on the floor?  Talk about an insane stretch!
Title: Re: Reverse lat Pulldown
Post by: Jr. Yates on November 29, 2005, 02:59:10 PM
Ever tried doing close grip pulldowns with the vbar on the floor?  Talk about an insane stretch!
how does that work?
Title: Re: Reverse lat Pulldown
Post by: NoCalBbEr on November 29, 2005, 03:17:29 PM
i think he means reverse let pulldowns as in reverse grip pulldowns.
Title: Re: Reverse lat Pulldown
Post by: Cavalier22 on November 29, 2005, 10:10:24 PM
haha yeah sorry.

although facing the other way would be somethign weird to try
Title: Re: Reverse lat Pulldown
Post by: LatsMcGee on November 30, 2005, 10:35:04 AM
how does that work?

It's pretty simple,  you use the same lat pulldown station as normal but you sit on the floor instead of in the seat.  The negative feels absolutely amazing.
Title: Re: Reverse lat Pulldown
Post by: muscle19 on November 30, 2005, 01:26:16 PM
putting ur hands in a reverse angle, bout shoulder width apart is a great way to work more lower lats and middle back, i love these and get a awesome pump from them.


muscle
Title: Re: Reverse lat Pulldown
Post by: Traps Hoolihan on December 01, 2005, 09:40:36 AM
I agree. Anything reverse-grip hits the Lats more efficiently. Reverse Pulls, Reverse BB rows, etc.
Title: Re: Reverse lat Pulldown
Post by: Overload on December 02, 2005, 11:32:27 AM
i haven't done reverse grip pulldowns in a while so i did a superset of them with machine pullovers...my lats are very sore two days later and felt very pumped during the workout. good stuff...

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